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CURTIS OWENS MATIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1944 – May 23, 1967
Service recordCurtis Owens Matier, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Born
- April 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 91
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWARD KINGPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- TERRANCE WILLIAM NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN PETTISLieutenant (junior grade) · May 23, 1967
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.